Month: May 2017

We had a very short night in Kuala Lumpur on the way back from Tioman Island, with a lot less sleep than we anticipated (because of the much longer than expected bus ride), and continued on to the airport in the morning with a short flight north to Surat Thani in Southern Thailand, and finally … More Thailand: Chumphon Archipelago

On this day exactly one year ago, we set off from home in Finland for our trip. Since then, we have seen and done a lot of things, so we thought it would be a nice reflection to post our answers to a questionnaire we came up with. The questions are mainly modeled after the ones … More Our Year of Traveling

Indonesia Bali In about as much time as it took us to get from Melbourne to Perth, we got from Perth to Bali and touched down in a totally different world. Gone were the familiar luxuries of western cities, and in their place a sweltering chaos; a requirement for self-awareness. After confirming over and over … More Indonesia and Malaysia

We were arriving in Australia with the hopes of seeing enough of it to at least get a feel for it. With only two weeks, it was very clear that we’d be missing huge portions of the country, but we were aiming to at least see three of the four major cities. Our choices were … More Australia: Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth